I have been staring at a particular view of the garden recently trying to figure out what the colours brought to mind, I knew it was something but couldn’t place it.  A trip to the grocery store finally resolved the question: orange sherbet and black raspberry ice-cream.  Say what?  Well, there is a nice backdrop of doublefile viburnums, a good pure white now fading towards ivory;  two Exbury type azaleas in front, one yellow/white and one the exact shade of orange ; and in front of that a border of Dame’s Rocket, the shade of raspberry ice-cream.  a pity the scheme won’t last more than a day or so more; it isn’t patriotic, but it sort of fits Memorial Day and the promise of summer.